Reeling from the news of funding cuts announced by Australia Council in mid May, Sydney’s performing arts community has pulled together for a very special one-off fund-raising concert. Some of Sydney’s most exciting performers will share the stage in a show of support for Gondwana Choirs and Synergy/Taikoz, two of Australia’s most innovative arts companies…
Giovanni Sollima Giovanni Sollima, the Sicilian cellist famous for strolling about the stage as he performs, returns to Sydney as part of a national tour with the Australian Chamber Orchestra in Sequenza Italiana, a programme that spans 500 years of Italian music. ACO Artistic Director Richard Tognetti met Giovanni Sollima at the Festival Maribor in Slovenia…
British violinist Anthony Marwood is soloist and guest director with the Australian Chamber Orchestra, performing the music of Dvorak, Enescu and Stravinsky. Born in London, Anthony Marwood studied with Emanuel Hurwitz at the Royal Academy of Music, David Takeno at the Guildhall School of Music, and took lessons from Sandor Vegh and Daniel Phillips at…